Quartz (Var. Amethyst)
"SiO2
Serra do Mar, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Like the quartz crystal behind you, these amethyst crystals have size sides that come to a point. Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz. Once part of a 32,000-kg (70,000-lb) geode, this specimen comes from Brazil's famous amethyst mines.
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Uploaded on January 15, 2010
Taken on December 5, 2009
Quartz (Var. Amethyst)
"SiO2
Serra do Mar, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Like the quartz crystal behind you, these amethyst crystals have size sides that come to a point. Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz. Once part of a 32,000-kg (70,000-lb) geode, this specimen comes from Brazil's famous amethyst mines.
(75814)"
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Uploaded on January 15, 2010
Taken on December 5, 2009